January 2020 Healthy News from Old Mill Chiropractic: Chiropractic for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Pain Relief and Glucosamine for Back and Joint Cartilage
For many St Peters back pain patients, back surgery appears like it is the answer…unless it’s not. Statistics show that upwards of 50% of patients who choose back surgery have the same or worse pain sooner or later...a year, 10 years, etc. (1,2,3) What comes next? Another surgery? For some St Peters failed back surgical syndrome (FBSS) patients, yes. For other FBSS patients, no. Sometimes a second surgery is by necessity, sometimes by choice. There’re other choices though. Even back spine surgeons are questioning the next step for such patients. The multidisciplinary approach is highly thought of to make post-surgical continued pain (PSCP) care more uniform among surgical practices and enhance patient outcomes. Researchers are just now working to determine what the “uniform care” should be. (4) Other researchers concede that evidence is weak for the use of medications and reoperations to deal with failed back surgical syndrome patients. Active exercise has solid evidence. For some of the worst FBSS chronic pain patients, spinal cord stimulators are used. (5) Chronic back pain patients who are proactive in dealing with their pain by exercising and trying other self-care coping approaches offered by their chiropractors - like your St Peters chiropractor may do – find they deal with with their pain better. (6) A particular study of 69 post-surgical continued pain patients (aka FBSS) cared for with the chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management discovered that 81% of FBSS/PSCP patients receiving a mean of 11 treatment visits over a 49 day period of active care reported more than 50% pain relief at the end of 3 months’ active care. At 24 months, only 16% underwent another surgery while 82% reported pain relief of more than 50%. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation is a feasible, evidence-based option before back surgery (and recommended prior to back surgery by organizations like the American Pain Society and the American College of Family Physicians (11)) and after back surgery. Your St Peters chiropractor has just the treatment plan to relieve and control your and a loved one’s back pain. Make an appointment soon!
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents the treatment of post-surgical continued pain/failed back surgical syndrome patients using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. There is hope!
Glucosamine sulfate benefits cartilage and joints found throughout the body like the spine and knee. It’s physiologically part of the body. Glucosamine sulfate halts the destruction of cartilage and decreases osteoarthritic pain. It slows destruction of cartilage by stopping the enzymes that do that. It inhibits damage of corticosteroids on chondrocytes and NSAIDS on glycosaminoglycan synthesis necessary for cartilage health. It’s even documented to be a “stimulator of tissue regeneration.” (8) For those suffering with osteoarthritis – the most prevalent joint disease and common cause of joint pain, functional loss and disability – taking glucosamine together with NSAID treatment like meloxicam inhibited the inflammatory issue accompanying osteoarthritis by reducing the levels of interleukin 1ß. (9) Glucosamine sulfate taken orally reduced lower back pain as effectively as NSAIDs and didn’t push glucose levels out of their normal limit. (10) Let us talk about how glucosamine sulfate may help you manage your St Peters back pain and joint pain.
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Schedule your next St Peters chiropractic appointment today with Old Mill Chiropractic. St Peters back pain whether it’s been surgically managed or not is welcome at Old Mill Chiropractic where chiropractic care with spinal manipulation and glucosamine help sufferers find relief and a sense of control.
May 2020 be your year of back pain relief solutions with St Peters chiropractic care at Old Mill Chiropractic!